Z-ESD and external material printing issue

Support&troubleshooting Zortrax M200
#1

Hello everyone,

I have some issues with the Z-ESD and external materials.

1. There are 3 quality options in the Z-Suite: high, medium, draft. If I use the medium or draft printing quality while using Z-ESD material, the extruder is jamming when it is printing the first layer of the raft, so the first layer have poor quality and it comes off the plate later. I tried everything to solve this problem, but I couldn't. Is this a hardware or software problem?

2. If I set up the plate temperature to e.g. 105 °C, the surface of the plate is only 85 °C in reality. I tried the platform maintenance but it didn't solve the problem. Is the heater or thermocoupler faulty?

Thank you for the help!

Daniel

#2

Hi Daniel,

It seems like the bed isn't levelled correctly and it causes the difficulties you've faced.

Please go thorugh the platform maintenance and the autocalibration. Let me know if it helps.

https://support.zortrax.com/platform-maintenance-m200/

#3

Hi MarcinR,

I tried it multiple times before, but sadly it did not help.  :(

I have got a V2 perforated plate too, but I get the same results with it.

Should I try a new thermocoupler+heater and nozzle?

Thanks for the help! :)

#4

Does it happen only while printing a couple of first layers?

#5

Yes, when it printing the first layers of the raft:

https://imgur.com/TO4oBfe

I have got another problem, this time it is the Z-PETG material.

The results are very bad:

https://imgur.com/a/QN8QX

Do you have any tips regarding Z-PETG?

Thanks for the help!

#6

Hey!

I meant if it happens ONLY when printing the first layers.

Anyway, I see the nozzle touched the already build layers. It still looks like a calibration problem.

Or the nozzle is clogged if it happens throughout the entire print. Also, the blobs indicate an issue with overheating. Do you have a multimeter? We could check the resistance on the heater in order determine whether it's ok or not.

How long have you used the current nozzle/hotend? How many hours have you been using it so far?